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[[File:FolioA4.svg|thumb|A comparison of the A4 and Foolscap folio papersize]]
'''Foolscap folio''' (commonly contracted to '''foolscap''' or '''cap''' or '''folio''' and in short '''FC''') is [[paper]] cut to the size of {{cvt|8+1/2|xx|13+1/2|in|sigfig=3}} for printing or to {{cvt|8|xx|13|in|sigfig=3}} for "normal" writing paper (foolscap).<ref>
A full (''plano'') foolscap
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! Name !! inch × inch!! mm × mm !! [[
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! Foolscap folio
| 8½ × 13½|| 216 × 343 ª || 1:1.5879 ||Imperial (half foolscap), printing
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! Foolscap folio
| 8 × 13|| 203 × 330 || 1:1.6256 ||Traditional British, writing <ref>
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ª <small>[[Approximate]] measure in current use in [[Latin America]]: 216 x 341 [[Millimetre|mm]].</small>
Ring binders or lever arch files designed to hold foolscap folios are often used to hold A4 paper ({{cvt|210|xx|297|mm|disp=comma|frac=8}}). The slightly larger size of such a binder offers greater protection to the edges of the pages it contains.
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==History==
===Europe===
Foolscap was named after the [[Court jester|fool]]'s [[cap and bells]] [[watermark]] commonly used from the 15th century onwards on paper of these dimensions.<ref>{{cite book |author=Müller, Lothar |title=White Magic: The Age of Paper. |place=Cambridge|publisher=Polity Press |date=2014|page=173}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/foolscap|title=Foolscap|last=Anon|work=The Free Dictionary|publisher=Farlex Inc.|accessdate=17 September 2009}}</ref> The earliest example of such paper was made in Germany in 1479. Unsubstantiated anecdotes suggest that this watermark was introduced to England in 1580 by [[John Spilman]], a German who established a papermill at [[Dartford (borough)|Dartford]], Kent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/gallery/|title=Entry in the Dartford Holy Trinity parish register for Sir John Spielman (Spillman), 8 November 1626|last=Anon|work=Medway: City Ark Document Gallery|publisher=Medway Council|accessdate=17 September 2009}}</ref>
The general pattern of the mark was used by Dutch and English papermakers in the late 17th and 18th centuries, and as early as 1674 the term "foolscap" was being used to designate a specific size of paper regardless of its watermark.<ref>{{citation |last1=Ashbee |first1=Andrew |last2=Thompson |first2=Robert |last3=Wainwright |first3=Jonathan |chapter=Appendix I: 08-Watermarks and Paper Types |publisher=The Viola da Gamba Society |page=279 [29] |chapter-url=https://vdgs.org.uk/indexmss/08%20Watermarks.pdf |title=Index of Manuscripts containing Consort Music, Volume 1 |url=https://vdgs.org.uk/indexmss/ |accessdate=13 July 2021}} - Shows several types of foolscap watermark</ref>
Apocryphally, the [[Rump Parliament]] of 1648–1653 substituted a fool's cap for the royal arms as a watermark on the paper used for the journals of Parliament.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Johnston
|first=William G.
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Today in the United States, a half-foolscap sized paper for printing is standardized to 8½ × 14 inches, widely available and sold as "legal sized paper" for printing, writing, note-taking etc. A full foolscap size paper of 14 × 17 inches is also widely available for arts and crafts etc. alongside the 11 × 17 tabloid size.
In the United States in the 19th century, paper was sold either flat or folded in half. Folded foolscap was often 12 1/2 x 16, but smaller and larger sizes were also found.<ref name="Monachesi" >{{cite book
|editor1-last=Monachesi
|editor1-first=Herbert D.
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There were numerous other sizes with variations on the "cap" name:
* Flat Cap (14 x 17) (ie unfolded).
* Small Flat Cap (or Law Blank Cap, Corporation Cap or Legal Cap) (13 x 16 inches).
* Exchange Cap - thin, highly [[calendered]], hard and strong paper used for bills of exchange, certificates and other blanks where light weight and ability to receive hard usages was required.
* Drawing Cap, cold-pressed, for making drawing books and printing imitation antique work.
* Double Cap Writing (17 x 28) for both writing and ledger papers.
* Double Foolscap (26 1/2 x 16 3/4).<ref name="Monachesi" />
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In Mexico, the '''foolscap folio''' paper size {{convert|8+1/2|×|13+1/2|in|sigfig=3}} / (21.6 cm x 34 cm) <ref>
==F4==
{{see also|Paper size#F4}}
'''F4''' <ref>
It is often referred to as (metric) "foolscap" or "folio" because of its similarity to the traditional foolscap folio size of {{cvt|8+1/2|x|13+1/2|in|sigfig=3}}.
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== External links ==
* [http://collation.folger.edu/2012/06/learning-to-read-old-paper/ The Collation]. a gathering of scholarship from the Folger Library showing image of Foolscap folio watermark
* {{cite web |url=http://ihl.enssib.fr/en/paper-and-watermarks-as-bibliographical-evidence/bibliographical-annotations-and-orientations |last=Harris |first=Neil |title=Paper and Watermarks as Bibliographical Evidence |place=Lyon |date=2017 |publisher=Institut d'histoire du livre}}
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